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Saint Hyacinth O.P. (Polish: Święty Jacek or Jacek Odrowąż) (b. ca. 1185 in Kamień Śląski (Ger. Groß Stein) near Opole (Ger. Oppeln) Upper Silesia – d. 15 August 1257 in Kraków Poland of natural causes) was educated in Paris and Bologna. A Doctor of Sacred Studies and a secular priest he worked to reform women’s monasteries in his native Poland.

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birth date
1185-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Lesser Poland, Kamień Lwówek Śląski County
canonized by
Pope Clement VIII
canonized date
1594-04-17
death date
1257-08-15
death place
Kraków, Poland
title
Religious priest confessor, and Apostle of the North
venerated in
Philippine Independent Church, Catholic Church

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